How to Draw a Pancake Tortoise - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Step 1: A Pancake Tortoise is a type of tortoise that lives in Africa. It has a flat, round shell, much like a pancake, which is how it got its name! Pancake tortoises are surprisingly fast runners because of their size and shape and will run away from predators instead of hiding. To draw a pancake tortoise, start with his head. Draw a bumpy backwards ‘C’ shape with a line in the middle for the tortoise’s mouth.

Interesting Facts about Pancake tortoises

Pancake tortoises have a flat appearance and will run from predators instead of hiding in its shell. Unlike most tortoises, they are fast and can hide in rocks to escape predators.The Pancake Tortoise can live in a large range of altitude from just above sea level at 100 feet up to 6,000 feet. That means they can adapt too many temperatures.

Did you know?

The tortoises do not go far from their homes and hiding places

They are active in the morning, eating grass and vegetation

They are a small tortoise around 6 to 7 inches when full grown

Low reproduction rates and high capture rates for pets has made it illegal to import them

Female tortoises can lay 1 to 2 eggs every 6 weeks and take 4 to 6 months to hatch

Known to be the fastest tortoise and best climbers

Social type of tortoise where up to 10 can be found in a single crevice!

Pancake tortoises can live up to 25 years in captivity.

Their shell is pretty flat and makes them easy to turn themselves over when they flip upside down. They flip over often due to climbing on rocks.